Unit 3

How do you get to school?

Section A

Period 2 (3a-3c)

How do you usually come to school?How far is your home from your school?How long does it take you to get to school every day?

How far is it from your home to school?

homeschool

It’s about 2 kilometers.

How far is it from yourhome to school?

home

It’s about 2 kilometers.

How long does it take you to get to school from home?

school

It takes 30 minutes to walk.

How far is it from your home to the park?

homepark

It’s about 4 kilometers.

How far is it from your home to the park?

How long does it take?

It takes him 35 minutes by bike.

It’s about 4 kilometers.

3a Match the questions with the answers. Then practice them.

1. How does Mike get to school?

2. How long does it take to get home?

3. How far is it from here?

4. Do your friends go to school by bus?

5. Does your dad drive to work?

a. Yes, they do.

b. No, he doesn’t.

c. He rides his bike.

d. It’s five kilometers.

e. About 15 minutes.

3b Use these words to make questions.

Then answer them.

1. school/you/get to/do/how

_______________________________________

?

_______________________________________

2. to/school/get to/does/how long/take/it

_______________________________________

?

_______________________________________

How do you get to school

How long does it take to get to school

I ride my bike.

It takes about five minutes.

3. school/your/from/it/is/how far/home/to

_______________________________________

?

_______________________________________4. you/to/walk/do/school_______________________________________

?

_______________________________________

How far is it from your home to school

It’s about two kilometers.

Do you walk to school

No, I don’t. I always ride my bike.

5. ride/their bikes/do/school/your friends/to

_______________________________________

?

_______________________________________

Do your friends ride their bikes to school

Yes, they do.

Ask your classmates questions and write their names in the chart. The first students to fill in all the blanks wins?

3c

find someone who… Namelives about five kilometers from schoolwalks to schooltakes a bus to schoolgoes to school by bikeneeds about an hour to get to schoolneeds about 10 minutes to get to school

how far 意为“多远”，用来询问距离或路程的。 e.g. How far is it from hotel to the airport? 宾馆距离机场有多远？how long: 意为“多长”用以询问时间或长度。 e.g. How long are you staying in Hong Kong? 你打算在香港呆多久？

--- Can you tell me ____ it is from home to school?--- Sure. It’s about three kilometers. (2011襄阳 ) A. how much B. how long C. how far D. how soon答案： C解析：由答语“大约两公里”可知应问“从家到学校有多远 ?” 。 how much 多少，多少钱； how long 多长，多长 ( 时间 ) ；how far 多远； how soon 多久。

--- ______ do you play football?

--- Once a week.

　 A. How much B. How long

C. How often D. How far

答案： C

解析：本题是对疑问副词词组的考察，通过答句可以判断出是询问动作发生的频率，所以选择 C 。

Group work:Discuss We’re in Beijing now. We’re going to Shanghai for vacation. It’s 1,056 kilometers from Shanghai .

From Beijing to Shanghai

distance

1,056km

train plane busshipbike car

about12hrs

train:90km/h plane : 1,000km/h bike:10km/h

ship: 30km/h bus: 60km/h car:120km/h

How should you go to Shanghai? Why?How long does it take?

Report like this:

… get to Shanghai by … It takes about …

It’s very cheap although it takes a longer time to get there. But it’s also very safe.

—______ is it from your home to the school?— About ten minutes’ walk. (2011 江苏宿迁 ) A. How far B. How long C. How often D. How soon【答案】 A【 解 析 】 本题 考 查词 组辨 析 。 how far 意 为“路程有多远”； how long 意为“多长时间”；how often 意为“多长时间一次”； how soon意为“多少时间以后”。由答语可知是询问“你家到学校路程有多远”，故选 A 。

Task Make a job interview in your group. One is the interviewer and the others are the interviewees. Ask how he / she gets to work, how long it takes him / her to get from home to school, and how far it is from his / her home to school.

Who How How long How farTom

John

Jane

根据句意和首字母提示写单词 , 完成下列句子。1. —When did he get here? —About twenty m______ ago. 2. It t_______ her an hour to make dinner for her family every day.3. Her home is about thirty k_________ away from the airport. 4. My father got up at 6 am. Then he had a q_______ breakfast and went to work.5. I got to school e_______ this morning. There were few students in the school when I arrived.

inutes akes

ilometers

uick arly

按要求完成句子。 1. Allan is coming back by train next month. ( 就画线部分提问 ) _____ _____ Allan coming back next month? 2. Please take the medicine before supper. ( 改为否定句 ) Please ______ ______ the medicine before supper. 3. Fishing isn’t interesting. I think. ( 合并为一个句子 ) I ______ ______ fishing _____ interesting.

How is

don’t take

don’t think is

Homework

1. Do the other exercises.

2. Recite 3a.